| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. From the Fenni to Lalli: Prehistory to 1159 -- The Martyrdom of Saint Henry -- Prehistory & Early Finns -- The Vikings & Balagard -- The Newborn King 24 -- 2. East of Sweden: 1159-1809 -- The Imaginary Crusades -- People of the ̐uOsterland -- Finns in 'New Sweden' -- Finland in the Northern Wars -- The Swedish Legacy -- 3. The Russian Century: 1809-1899 -- Industrial Revolutions -- Laestadius & Laestadianism -- The Great Migration -- The ̐uAland War -- The Kalevala -- National Romanticism -- 4. A Nation is Born: 1899-1939 -- Russification |
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Revolution: Whites vs Reds -- The Jaegers and the King of Finland -- Karelian Fever -- Racing the Storm -- 5. The Jaws of Peril: 1939-1944 -- The Winter War -- The Continuation War -- The Lapland War -- 6. In the Cold: 1944-1995 -- Stella Polaris -- Finlandisation -- From Eurovision to Europe -- 7. The Landscape of Thorns: 1995-2022 -- Satan & Santa -- My Homeland is Finland -- Centenary, COVID, and NATO -- 8. Echoes of the Past -- The Metadata of Meals -- From Temperance to Pantsdrunk -- National Holidays and Local Festivals -- Architecture and Public Art -- Finishing with Finnish |
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Chronology of Major Events -- Further Reading and Refirences |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9781913368654 |
| ISBN | 1913368653 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
